I didn't know that and your pictures show the doves so clearly. Have been decanting like mad for just the same reason. Manufactures could make a killing if they reverted to their old packaging. There's a market ready and waiting. Me.

Found an old style Fairy bottle in the shops a few months ago and yes, I've been decanting like mad ever since. Well, as fast as I wash up.Thank you for the gorgeous doves. I have masses of them in the garden- just my sort of plant as they self-seed so easily.I think things are back to normal for the next couple of weeks aren't they? No more weddings, Bank holidays, seasonal celebrations? Ax

Oh I so do see the doves, wow, we call them 'Grannies Bonnets' here as well as Columbines and Aquilegia. Beautiful by any name, I used to have lots of different varieties in the house that I owned.....sigh.x Sandi

I love columbines but had never realised their resemblance to doves before, nor indeed knew that that was why they are so named. I have a columbine growing outside my front door and I can't wait to pop outside in the light to see my own little flock of doves - thank you. xxx

You have got me on all three - Columbines - just planted some in the garden.They are so beautiful and delicate.

Those healthy meals have me all of a quiver. I am TRYING to help my ageing bod by filling it full of the good stuff. Chocolate eggs were not on the radar, and yet... Oh dear.

I could write poems to Fairy Liquid - the only and original - that smell - it reminds me of my childhood. Why can't they come up with a kitchen cleaner that smells the same. They had some in our local Co -op when they first released the original packaging. I bought it in bulk and stored it in the garage. All gone now, but I will re-stock.

Sue, I love the columbines, they are so beautiful and hadn't even noticed the shape of the dove until you pointed it out. Sweet!I did the fairy liquid decanting a few months ago when they had a 50th year anniversary bottle of the same shape and colour as yours. After a few usages, the ink started to run out, unfortunatelly and had to throw it away as it look a bit tatty. I thought it was a one off so am pleased to see the bottle back!! This one has a cute little picture, the other one was a bit different.... It does look quite vintage and sweet. Yes, you are not the only one..... x Pati

Now I know why they're called columbines, thank you ! It is so lovely, and I have plenty of them too in my garden. So easy and elegant.Now this Fairy bottle, is it a special "Royal Wedding" edition ? I would be very curious to know what items were on sale for this special event, except for the usual flags and mugs. Do you know anything or have a link ?

I love the way that columbines in all kinds of colours from white to inky-blue and all shades of pink in between seed themselves all over the garden. I never knew that about the name, fancy that! In spite of your lovely photos showing the little doves so clearly, I just had to nip out into the garden and check ours. Absolutely right. Thank you for givig me yet another way to enjoy these flowers. Now what is the name of that flower that is supposed to look like a lady in the bath?

Carole, I can't find a link to the special Fairy bottles. It is a royal wedding special edition. It says 'tale' underneath Fairy as in 'a fairy tale wedding' and the little baby is carrying a union flag.

How funny! I bought the commemorative fairy liquid this morning, with the same plan in mind. I hate the weirdly shaped bottles that washing up liquid seems to come in these days, they take up too much room and won't fit in the jar I want to store them in. Rather tragically I also succumbed to the tin in the same design for dishwasher tablets, reasoned with myself that it will mean that the boxes no longer get soggy under the sink. Love the aquilegia close ups too.

I didn`t know the reason for their name but you really can see the doves. My son`s French nursery is called Les Petites Colombes, the little doves, which I think is the loveliest name. Beautiful images and then that lens of yours...

Or a weeding fork for that matter, planetcoops. Still cross about the emerging hemerocallis Katy which is now composting in the council facility along with the clumps of grass from the flower bed just because I went to make a start on the supper.

Just a quick question about the delicious-looking honey-soy-lime baked salmon, which I would like to recreate for Sunday lunch. "Baked" makes it sound as though it is cooked "dry". I presume you marinate the salmon in the h-s-l and then you put the fish on a baking sheet to cook. Do you discard the marinade - I hate wasting it!